单词 | ruffler |
释义 | rufflern.1 1. Esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries: a member of a class of vagabonds and rogues said to operate in the guise of maimed soldiers and sailors; a vagabond, a beggar; (also) a con man. In later use historical or regional (Australian). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 25 Idell..persons, ruffelers, callynge them selues saruing men. ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Dj Rufflers, and masterles men, that cannot Werke And slepeth by day, and Walketh in the derke. 1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A2 A Ruffeler goeth wyth a weapon to seeke seruice, saying he hath bene a Seruitor in the wars, and beggeth for his reliefe. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. D The Ruffler and the Vp-right-man are so like in conditions, that you would sweare them Brothers: they walke with cudgels alike. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 65 A Ruffler..goes under the pretence of a maimed Soldier. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Rufflers, the first rank of canters, also notorious rogues, pretending to be maimed soldiers or sailors. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 315 A..fellow that has been but a twelvemonth on the lay, be he ruffler or padder. 1892 W. Besant London vi. 318 The ‘prigger of prancers’, a horse thief; the ruffler, the swigman and prigman, are also gone, but their descendants remain with us. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 191 Your Reiverslaw is notoriously a wine-bibber and a ruffler and a despiser of ordinances. 1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Aug. 2 The late-night taverns..spit out the riff-raff..to pollute the gutters and gardens of the district: crafty rufflers,..sneering rude-boys, [etc.]. 2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 24/6 There was no shortage of devious graspers, shifty coves and rufflers ready to employ bravado, bull and bullying. 2. An arrogant, swaggering man; a braggart. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > person surquidour1393 arrogant1489 ruffler1536 swingebreech1581 insolenta1616 Junker1849 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person peacocka1425 ruffler1536 struttera1591 flaunter1598 glisterer1628 tulip1647 parader1747 swasher1821 swash1824 dazzler1839 rooster1840 show-off1841 swankera1846 Vanity-Fairian1847 grandstander1896 spotlighter1907 swank1913 swankpot1914 showboat1932 showboater1941 pavisander1950 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition 14 The mayster gyuen to ryot, the servant must nedes thynke, that there is no thriuing for him, excepte he shewe himselfe a ruffler. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 71 In the whole a notable ruffler, and in euery part a dowty braggard. 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 186 He was commanded in all his visitation to make knowen to all ministers that they bee more carefull in their habits not to goe like rufflers. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 36 The Parlament..demanded Justice for those assaults..don at his own dores, by that crew of Rufflers. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 28 Is he, too, such a would-be ruffler as the rest of them? 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 226 There came in an old ruffler of fifty, who..lugged out his purse. 1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey xv Their lackeys are..young rufflers in gay cloaks and robes, sleek-headed and blooming-cheeked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rufflern.2 An attachment for a sewing machine, used for making ruffles. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1868 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1867 II. 1257 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 96) X Ruffler for Sewing Machine... The feed bar feeds the lower cloth faster than the other is fed, so as to form gathers. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1999/2 In the Johnston ruffler, a sliding-plate is secured to the bed-plate of the machine [etc.]. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 41/1 The set of attachments..consists of one ruffler, one shirring plate, one tucker. 1991 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 6 Oct. (advt.) Ruffler to fit Singer sewing machine (high shank). 2000 PR Newswire (Nexis) 23 Feb. A Ruffler attachment will automatically create evenly pleated ruffles for pillows or edgings on chair covers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11535n.21868 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。